Kyle Wanvig

Kyle Wanvig (born January 29, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League with the Minnesota Wild and the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Playing career Wanvig was originally drafted 89th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1999 NHL entry draft, but he re-entered the draft and was selected 36th overall by the Minnesota Wild in the 2001 NHL entry draft. While with the Wild affiliate, the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League, in 2002-2003, Kyle Wanvig scored three game winning goals in the first series of the playoffs, against the Milwaukee Admirals, which led to a Calder Cup Championship.

In July 2006, he was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers. In February 2007, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning along with Stephen Baby for Andy Delmore and Andre Deveaux.

He came to the Swedish Elitserien to play for Brynäs IF in November 2008. However, in January 2009 Wanvig's contract with Brynäs IF was terminated with immediate effect.

In 2009, Wanvig returned to North America, joining the Portland Pirates of the AHL.

In July 2010 he signed a contract with the Augsburger Panther, 2010 finalists of the highest German league, the DEL.

During the 2011–12 season, while contracted to EC VSV, Wanvig announced his retirement after 16 games when he suffered an injury on December 11, 2011.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1997–98 Edmonton Ice WHL 62 17 12 29 69 — — — — — 1998–99 Kootenay Ice WHL 71 12 20 32 119 7 1 3 4 18 1999–2000 Kootenay Ice WHL 6 2 2 4 12 — — — — — 1999–2000 Red Deer Rebels WHL 58 21 18 39 123 4 1 0 1 4 2000–01 Red Deer Rebels WHL 69 55 46 101 202 22 10 12 22 47 2001–02 Houston Aeros AHL 34 6 7 13 43 9 0 1 1 23 2002–03 Houston Aeros AHL 57 13 16 29 137 21 6 4 10 27 2002–03 Minnesota Wild NHL 7 0 1 1 13 — — — — — 2003–04 Houston Aeros AHL 72 25 16 41 147 2 0 1 1 0 2003–04 Minnesota Wild NHL 6 0 1 1 10 — — — — — 2004–05 Houston Aeros AHL 76 13 17 30 158 5 1 2 3 8 2005–06 Minnesota Wild NHL 51 4 8 12 64 — — — — — 2006–07 Chicago Wolves AHL 26 10 11 21 61 — — — — — 2006–07 Springfield Falcons AHL 23 11 7 18 40 — — — — — 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Norfolk Admirals AHL 62 23 33 56 110 — — — — — 2007–08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 7 1 0 1 7 — — — — — 2008–09 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 16 2 1 3 28 — — — — — 2008–09 Brynäs IF SEL 18 2 1 3 53 — — — — — 2009–10 Portland Pirates AHL 63 13 25 38 132 3 0 1 1 2 2010–11 HK Poprad SVK 5 2 2 4 33 17 3 4 7 118 2010–11 Augsburger Panther DEL 37 5 10 15 102 — — — — — 2011–12 EC VSV AUT 16 1 2 3 63 — — — — — AHL totals 413 114 132 246 828 40 7 9 16 60 NHL totals 75 6 9 15 94 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Canada U18 3 0 1 1 4 Junior totals 3 0 1 1 4

Awards and honors Award Year WHL East Second Team All-Star 2001